2011 SAFF Championship
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 2011
| other_titles =
| image = 2011 SAFF Championship logo.svg
| size = 150px
| caption = Logo 2011 SAFF Championship
| country = India
| dates = 2–11 December
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion = India
| count = 6
| second = Afghanistan
| second-flagvar = 2004
| matches = 15
| goals = 44
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IND}} Sunil Chhetri (7 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|IND}} Sunil Chhetri
| prevseason = 2009
| nextseason = 2013
|updated =30 March 2019
}}
The 2011 South Asian Football Federation Championship, sponsored by Karbonn Mobiles and officially named Karbonn SAFF Championship 2011,{{cite web |url=http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/blog/2011/12/02/karbonn-mobile-becomes-title-sponsor-of-saff-championship/#axzz1fNOssnFY |title=Karbonn mobile becomes title sponsor of SAFF Championship |publisher=Indian Football Network |date=2 December 2011 |access-date=2 December 2011 }} was the 9th tournament of the SAFF Championship, which held in New Delhi, India.
Venue
It was originally scheduled to take place in Orissa, India,{{cite web |url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2247 |title=AIFF Executive committee meeting |work=The-AIFF.com |publisher=All India Football Federation |access-date=23 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716215106/http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2247 |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status = dead}} but was switched to New Delhi by the executive committee of the All India Football Federation on 22 September.{{cite web |url=http://the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2748 |title=Exe. Committee enthusiastic about AIFF-FIFA Dev. Prog |work=The-AIFF |publisher=All India Football Federation |access-date=23 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925102945/http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2748 |archive-date=2011-09-25 |url-status = dead}}
The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi was the main venue for the tournament. It is also the home stadium for India national football team and hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
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| New Delhi
|rowspan="4"| {{location map+|India3|float=center|width=250|caption=|places= {{location map~|India|lat=28.6139|long=77.2090|label=New Delhi|position=top}} }} |
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| Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| Capacity: 60,000 |
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Squads
{{main|2011 SAFF Championship squads}}
Draw
The draw ceremony took place on 2 November 2011 at New Delhi's Le Meridien Hotel was attended by a host of dignitaries including AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das, SAFF General Secretary Alberto Colaco and Maldives Football Association General Secretary Shah Ismail.{{cite web|url=http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=4012 |title=Maldives in group of death |publisher=Maldives Soccer |access-date=2 November 2011 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426050528/http://maldivesoccer.net/v4/?page=story&id=4012 |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}
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| width=20%|Group A
!width=20%|Group B |
|---|
| {{fb|IND}} (162) (1st seed) {{fb|SRI}} (176) {{fb|AFG|2004}} (178) {{fb|BHU}} (198) | {{fb|MDV}} (166) (2nd seed) {{fb|BAN}} (142) {{fb|NEP}} (143) {{fb|PAK}} (174) |
(The FIFA rankings of the teams at the start of the tournament are given in brackets in the table)
Group stage
All times are Indian Standard Time (IST) – UTC+5:30
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
| colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables |
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| bgcolor=#ccffcc style="width: 20px;"|
|align=left|Group winners and runners-up advance to the semi-finals |
=Group A=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|team1=AFG|name_AFG={{fb|AFG|2004}}
|team2=IND|name_IND={{fb|IND}}
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|team4=BHU|name_BHU={{fb|BHU}}
|win_AFG=2|draw_AFG=1|loss_AFG=0|gf_AFG=12|ga_AFG=3
|win_IND=2|draw_IND=1|loss_IND=0|gf_IND=9|ga_IND=1
|win_SRI=1|draw_SRI=0|loss_SRI=2|gf_SRI=4|ga_SRI=6
|win_BHU=0|draw_BHU=0|loss_BHU=3|gf_BHU=1|ga_BHU=16
|col_Q=#ccffcc|text_Q=
|result1=Q|result2=Q
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold2011.html RSSSF]
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{{football box
| date = 3 December 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20111204043113/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70130/india-vs-afghanistan/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|AFG|2004}}
| goals1 = Chhetri {{goal|10}}
| goals2 = Arezou {{goal|5}}
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)
}}
{{football box
| date = 3 December 2011
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SRI}}
| score = 3–0
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2773/saff-championship/2011/12/03/2786966/sri-lanka-3-0-bhutan-the-island-nation-snap-the-first-three Report]
| team2 = {{fb|BHU}}
| goals1 = Zain {{goal|29}}
Nipuna {{goal|35||65}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 5 December 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|AFG|2004}}
| score = 3–1
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71287/afghanistan-vs-sri-lanka/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|SRI}}
| goals1 = Ahmadi {{goal|22||36}}
Yamrali {{goal|79}}
| goals2 = Zain {{goal|17}}
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
}}
{{football box
| date = 5 December 2011
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BHU}}
| score = 0–5
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120523005755/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71288/bhutan-vs-india/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|IND}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Nabi {{goal|29}}
Clifford {{goal|44||58}}
Chhetri {{goal|69||84}}
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 7 December 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BHU}}
| score = 1–8
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140312140042/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70137/bhutan-vs-afghanistan/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|AFG|2004}}
| goals1 = Chencho {{goal|22}}
| goals2 = Yamrali {{goal|4}}
Amiri {{goal|10}}
Arezou {{goal|15||18||45+2||83}}
Sharityar {{goal|48|pen.}}
Mashriqi {{goal|60}}
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
}}
{{football box
| date = 7 December 2011
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| score = 3–0
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20111207163602/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70138/india-vs-sri-lanka/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|SRI}}
| goals1 = Jeje {{goal|50}}
Chhetri {{goal|70}}
Warakagoda {{goal|90+3|o.g.}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
}}
=Group B=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|team1=MDV|name_MDV={{fb|MDV}}
|team2=NEP|name_NEP={{fb|NEP}}
|team3=PAK|name_PAK={{fb|PAK}}
|team4=BAN|name_BAN={{fb|BAN}}
|win_MDV=1|draw_MDV=2|loss_MDV=0|gf_MDV=4|ga_MDV=2
|win_NEP=1|draw_NEP=2|loss_NEP=0|gf_NEP=3|ga_NEP=2
|win_PAK=0|draw_PAK=3|loss_PAK=0|gf_PAK=1|ga_PAK=1
|win_BAN=0|draw_BAN=1|loss_BAN=2|gf_BAN=1|ga_BAN=4
|col_Q=#ccffcc|text_Q=
|result1=Q|result2=Q
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold2011.html RSSSF]
}}
{{football box
| date = 2 December 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}}
| score = 0–0
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70127/bangladesh-vs-pakistan/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|PAK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
}}
{{football box
| date = 2 December 2011
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|MDV}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70128/maldives-vs-nepal/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
| goals1 = Ashfaq {{goal|45+2}}
| goals2 = Sandip {{goal|51}}
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 4 December 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NEP}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71127/nepal-vs-bangladesh/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
| goals1 = S. Thapa {{goal|90+5}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Santosh Kumar (India)
}}
{{football box
| date = 4 December 2011
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
| score = 0–0
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71128/pakistan-vs-maldives/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|MDV}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 6 December 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAK}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70135/pakistan-vs-nepal/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
| goals1 = Ishaq {{goal|49|pen.}}
| goals2 = Khawas {{goal|37}}
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)
}}
{{football box
| date = 6 December 2011
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|MDV}}
| score = 3–1
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/70136/maldives-vs-bangladesh/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|BAN}}
| goals1 = Thariq {{goal|6||17|}}
Ashfaq {{goal|70}}
| goals2 = Shahed {{goal|29}}
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
}}
Knockout stage
=Bracket=
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|style=white-space:nowrap|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high|3rdplace=no|color=yes
|RD1=Semi-finals
|RD2=Final
| 9 December — New Delhi|{{fb|MDV}}|1|{{fb|IND}}|3
| 9 December — New Delhi|{{fb|AFG|2004}} {{aet}}|1|{{fb|NEP}}|0
| 11 December — New Delhi|{{fb|IND}}|4|{{fb|AFG|2004}}|0|
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{football box
| date = 9 December 2011
| time = 15:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|MDV}}
| score = 1–3
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120109172912/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71545/maldives-vs-india/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|IND}}
| goals1 = Shamweel {{goal|60}}
| goals2 = Nabi {{goal|24}}
Chhetri {{goal|70|pen.|90+1}}
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
}}
{{football box
| date = 9 December 2011
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|AFG|2004}}
| score = 1–0
| aet = yes
| report = [http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/71546/afghanistan-vs-nepal/report Report]
| team2 = {{fb|NEP}}
| goals1 = Arezou {{goal|101}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance =
| referee = Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
}}
=Final=
{{main|2011 SAFF Championship Final}}
{{football box
| date = 11 December 2011
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}}
| score = 4–0
| report = https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/9770/India_Afghanistan.html
| team2 = {{fb|AFG|2004}}
| goals1 = Chhetri {{goal|71|pen.}}
Clifford {{goal|79}}
Jeje {{goal|80}}
Sushil {{goal|90+5}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
| attendance = 30,000
| referee = Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
}}
Champion
{{winners|fb|SAFF Championship 2011|IND|Sixth}}
Awards
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!colspan="3"| Fair Play Award !colspan="3"| Top Scorer !colspan="3"| Player of the Tournament |
| colspan="3" align="center"|{{fb|IND}}
|colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|IND}} Sunil Chhetri |colspan="3" align="center"|{{flagicon|IND}} Sunil Chhetri |
Statistics
=Goalscorers=
;7 goals
- {{flagicon|IND}} Sunil Chhetri
;6 goals
- {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Balal Arezou
;3 goals
- {{flagicon|IND}} Clifford Miranda
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
- {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Sandjar Ahmadi
- {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Ata Yamrali
- {{flagicon|IND}} Syed Rahim Nabi
- {{flagicon|IND}} Jeje Lalpekhlua
- {{flagicon|MDV}} Ali Ashfaq
- {{flagicon|MDV}} Ahmed Thariq
- {{flagicon|SRI}} Nipuna Bandara
- {{flagicon|SRI}} Mohamed Zain
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
- {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Zohib Islam Amiri
- {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Mohammad Mashriqi
- {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Djelaludin Sharityar
- {{flagicon|BAN}} Shahedul Alam Shahed
- {{flagicon|BHU}} Chencho Gyeltshen
- {{flagicon|IND}} Sushil Kumar Singh
- {{flagicon|MDV}} Shamweel Qasim
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Bharat Khawas
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Sandip Rai
- {{flagicon|NEP}} Sagar Thapa
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Samar Ishaq
{{colend}}
;Own goal
- {{flagicon|SRI}} Bandara Warakagoda (against India)
=Other statistics=
- Most wins {{flagicon|IND}} India 4 wins
- Most Losses {{flagicon|BHU}} Bhutan 3 loss
- Most Draws {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan 3 draws
- First goal of the tournament Ali Ashfaq for {{flagicon|MDV}} Maldives vs {{flagicon|NEP}} Nepal
- Most goals scored in a match {{flagicon|AFG|2004}} Afghanistan 8 Goals vs {{flagicon|BHU}} Bhutan
- Lowest scores in a match 1. {{flagicon|BAN}} Bangladesh vs {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan 0-0
2. {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan vs {{flagicon|MDV}} Maldives 0-0
- Most Goals in a match by one player Balal Arezou for {{fb|AFG|2004}} vs {{fb|BHU}} 4 Goals
- Fastest Goal of the tournament Ata Yamrali for {{fb|AFG|2004}} vs {{fb|BHU}} in 4 Minutes
- Best Defender Djelaludin Sharityar of {{fb|AFG|2004}}
- Best match of the tournament {{fb|AFG|2004}} vs {{fb|NEP}} 1-0
Broadcasting
=YouTube Live=
In a deal with World Sport Group and SAFF's exclusive marketing and media partner, all matches were shown live on YouTube. The live matches are accessible globally through [https://www.youtube.com/SAFFChampionship SAFF Youtube Channel] except in India, where they were available on a delayed basis the following day.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}
=Television=
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| width="128pt"| Countries | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
* {{flag|Afghanistan|2004}}
| TEN Action+ NEO Sports Ariana TV1 Doordarshan2 MNBC One |
1 Only Afghan matches
2 Only Indian matches
References
{{reflist}}
{{SAFF Championship}}